Walmart offers to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
RBA signals it may pause further interest rate rises
New Omicron-specific COVID booster to be available in Australia from next month
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-15/pfizer-omicron-covid-booster-available-australia/101654846
Airline passengers set to receive more than $600M in refunds over canceled flights
Wine barrels and Melbourne weather: Making the world’s most awarded whisky
@deNew_John check down on the github page. They have a few examples.
The popular NEP reports for new economics working papers that Twitter repeatedly blocked are now available on Mastodon
There is now a Mastodon feed for new research papers on the economics of migration: @RePEc_NEP_MIG
Huge thanks to @czimm_economist
best thing is the full stop. No conditional. Because it's a universal truth. 🏆
#crypto crash
It looks as if FTX crash might take down High Frequency Trading firms responsible for much equity trading. Does this contagion extend further. I don't have a clue and I suspect the regulators don't either https://newmoneyreview.com/index.php/2022/11/13/ftx-hft-contagion/
"I’m just really fearful of what’s going to slip through the cracks"
Twitter is gutting the teams that battle misinformation, further raising concerns about an increase in abuse on the social media platform https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/11/13/twitter-cuts-outsourced-content-moderators/
Delighted to see that there’s a @laborecon group here.
Two big social science questions that I believe deserve more attention:
1. Is there a general theory of social groups (nations, religious communities, political parties...). Do we need a separate theory for each group, or it is possible to create a general theory?
2. Is the reversal of the trend of declining homophobia possible? Societies are becoming more tolerant towards gay persons. Should we be worried that this is temporary? What can cause such a reversal and what can prevent it?
That day when your kid and the other German kids go and confuse the locals with German traditions… #laterne #laterne #SonneMondetc…
I am moved to tears to witness freedom returning to #Kherson, Ukrainians hugging their soldiers, and blue and yellow flags raised.
Estonians are watching your bravery with pride and a deep feeling of solidarity and support.
@Denys_Shmyhal @ZelenskyyUa
#SlavaUkraini
Professor of Economics, Melbourne Institute, Univ of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia #Economics #Econometrics #HealthEconomics #LabourEconomics #LaborEconomics #FinancialWellbeing #Stata #Rstats #GLABOR.ORG Dr.oec.publ. Uni München 1995 MA Econ Univ of Toronto 1988 BA Hons Carleton Univ Ottawa 1987 I speak #OotEnglish #PottDeutsch #FrançaisCanadien Please only consider following me if you have a social conscience, and/or want to do good in the world, and/or were/are a rescue pet animal owner.